The legal system has a long way to go

17 Oct 2003

Today Aaron Caffrey was acquitted for hacking. The bbc has the following bit in their story.

Prosecutor Paul Addison asked him whether if he had seen the film Hackers.

Elite is the name given to the best of the group targeting the FBI in the film.

The teenager said he had seen the film but denied there was any link to his group.

I really pity anyone being put on trial for any hacking - or any computer crime - today, the legal system just has no clue.

Posted by R.I.Pienaar on Friday, October 17, 2003 at 1:16 PM

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whyis\\HACKER// kept in the forefront as a term conotating BAD!!??CRACKER is BAD...Hacker is GOOD ...how else can the web be kept clean...clean is GOOD...Or else the web will turn into one big shopping mall owned by the multi nationals and the wto etc..U Know the story

knightsublime | November 3, 2003 11:22 PM | Reply

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